The Seattle Mariners (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/sea/) acquired first baseman Ben Broussard (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6633/) from the Cleveland Indians (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/cle/) on Wednesday for a minor league outfielder. The Indians sent Broussard and cash to the Mariners for Shin-Soo Choo (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7498/) and a player to be named later.

The Dude

07-26-2006, 04:34 PM

Nice to see a bopper like big Ben out of our division. Hopefully more get dumped by the Toons.

dickallen15

07-26-2006, 04:35 PM

Martinez must be moving to 1B shortly.

kraut83

07-26-2006, 04:38 PM

Broussard has been in Wedge's doghouse all year for some reason. Nice pickup for the M's, they got a quality player.

Mr. White Sox

07-26-2006, 04:47 PM

Broussard has been in Wedge's doghouse all year for some reason. Nice pickup for the M's, they got a quality player.
He hasn't been in his doghouse. The problem was that Victor Martinez is as good of a defensive catcher as Ryan Leaf was an NFL QB. With Martinez at first, Broussard was reduced to a platoon role. He's a pretty good hitter, and the Mariners definitely upgraded in the DH spot. Sexson/Broussard is a nice platoon as well.

mjmcend

07-26-2006, 05:04 PM

Martinez must be moving to 1B shortly.

No they are pretty committed to him at catcher, for better or worse. They are bring up some prospect named Garko I think.

SoxFanPrope

07-26-2006, 05:22 PM

Didn't the M's get Tony Perez's son (can't think of his first name) from the Indians a month or so ago? I guess that didn't pan out.

StatHead21

07-26-2006, 05:37 PM

One less Sox killer in the division.

chisox56

07-26-2006, 08:27 PM

Didn't the M's get Tony Perez's son (can't think of his first name) from the Indians a month or so ago? I guess that didn't pan out.

yeah, they acquired eduardo perez a few weeks ago.

y2j2785

07-26-2006, 08:50 PM

yeah, they acquired eduardo perez a few weeks ago.

They are supposed to use Eduardo Perez as the DH against lefties and Ben Broussard as the DH against Righties.

soxfanreggie

07-26-2006, 11:07 PM

Looks like a good get right now for the M's. Just can't wait to see when the Sox start some major dealing, if they do.

Jjav829

07-26-2006, 11:18 PM

Kind of weird how the Mariners have traded for the Indians 1B platoon in two separate trades. :?:

SABRSox

07-27-2006, 02:21 PM

Choo's another speedster. It seems to me that our divisional foes are trying to exploit our catchers' weakness in throwing out runners.

EDIT: Thinking about it, maybe picking up Crazy Carl woudn't be a bad idea. Does Gload still have options?

kravdog

07-27-2006, 03:04 PM

i think gload is out of options. if i remember correctly, both he and borchard were out of them going into spring training.

lumpyspun

07-27-2006, 10:20 PM

What's is bizarre about this is that Broussard is going to join the M's when they come to Cleveland tomorrow for a 3 game series. That has to be about the weirdest situation a player could have. He basically just moves his stuff to the other locker room and waits for the team to get there to give him his uniform.

Ol' No. 2

07-27-2006, 10:29 PM

What's is bizarre about this is that Broussard is going to join the M's when they come to Cleveland tomorrow for a 3 game series. That has to be about the weirdest situation a player could have. He basically just moves his stuff to the other locker room and waits for the team to get there to give him his uniform.Wasn't there someone once who got traded in between games of a double-header?

Brian26

07-27-2006, 10:43 PM

Wasn't there someone once who got traded in between games of a double-header?

Between the two teams playing? Wow...that seems vaguely familiar.

I remember quite vividly the Joel Youngblood situation from the early 80s (mostly because they'd run it on This Week In Baseball all the time). He played for two different teams on the same day. I think he was traded from the Expos to the Giants...so he played a day game in Montreal and hopped a plane and got to the Giants game in time to play.

EDIT- Just looked it up on Retrosheet.

August 4, 1982. Youngblood was traded from the Mets to the Expos. He played a day game as a Met against the Cubs at Wrigley. He was traded, hopped a plane to Phily, and played a night game as an Expo against the Phillies.

Ol' No. 2

07-27-2006, 10:52 PM

Between the two teams playing? Wow...that seems vaguely familiar.

I remember quite vividly the Joel Youngblood situation from the early 80s (mostly because they'd run it on This Week In Baseball all the time). He played for two different teams on the same day. I think he was traded from the Expos to the Giants...so he played a day game in Montreal and hopped a plane and got to the Giants game in time to play.

EDIT- Just looked it up on Retrosheet.

August 4, 1982. Youngblood was traded from the Mets to the Expos. He played a day game as a Met against the Cubs at Wrigley. He was traded, hopped a plane to Phily, and played a night game as an Expo against the Phillies.I'm pretty sure I remember reading about a guy traded between games of a double header. He collected his stuff and walked over the the other clubhouse. On second thought, it might have been right before the game. Memory's getting a little fuzzy. Either way, it's pretty wierd.